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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call For Agenda Items - 13 May 2014
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 15:43:18
Message-Id: 536E48AD.3060007@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call For Agenda Items - 13 May 2014 by Samuli Suominen
1 On 05/10/2014 07:03 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 >
3 > On 10/05/14 05:56, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
4 >> On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 01:21:33PM +0200, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
5 >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507210
6 >>> net-misc/opensshd: do not enable USE=hpn by default
7 >>>
8 >>> Both bugs have seen dismissive responses from the base-system team,
9 >>> which I find somewhat disappointing. I understand that they are quite
10 >>> busy, but it seems to me that these bugs could at least get a serious
11 >>> response, rather than a fairly blunt "no" (but it might just be me?).
12 >> As the dev that did a number of the ports to a new version for HPN, and
13 >> sent that to upstream, I would really like upstream openssh to accept
14 >> the hpn patches. They provide a huge performance boost: i've used them
15 >> to copy multiple terabytes at >800mbit transatlantic.
16 >>
17 >> As a member of base-system, I feel the performance benefit of the patch,
18 >> and that it has no downsides or extra dependencies is sufficent for it
19 >> to be enabled by default.
20 >>
21 >
22 > As a member of base-system too, I concur with everything you just said.
23 >
24 > - Samuli
25 >
26
27 I also agree but I would also like to mention that I do not think
28 discussing the 'default USE flags' is so important. Anyone who cares
29 about security or production use of openssh he/she should be able to
30 figure out the good default for him/her and disable those that he/she
31 consider dangerous. Why people are so nervous about the default use
32 flags? it's a simple one line in package.use to configure your package
33 they way you want to. In my opinion, the default use flags should be
34 left at maintainers' discretion
35
36 --
37 Regards,
38 Markos Chandras

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Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call For Agenda Items - 13 May 2014 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>